The Clackamas print., November 07, 2007, Page 2, Image 2

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Clackamas Print
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007
Arts Culturi
UFOs invade Clackamas skie
LEFT: Oregon
City High
School stu­
dents play
Ultimate
Frisbee on a
grassy field
out by the
Barlow parking
lot on campus.
RIGHT: One
of the high
school stu­
dents jumps
to catch the
Frisbee. *
Photos by Josh Hudson
Clackamas Print
Jason Cloud. “We have about
18 to 20 kids.”
I The Clackamas Print
High school students, some
experienced and others novice,
The skies of Clackamas are come together every day to
being invaded by the silent play Ultimate Frisbee.
flight of flying discs soaring
The game divides players
through the air.
into two teams and works a lit­
Driving by the Barlow park­ tle like football or rugby. One
ing lot, a small, grassy field team tries to move the Frisbee
complete with its own hill can down the field to a designated
be seen, as well as a group of scoring zone as the other plays
kids playing games with the defense.
Play can be stopped if the
ever-popular toy.
“The Frisbee kids,” as some Frisbee hits the ground, in
Clackamas students call them, which case the disc goes to the
are from Oregon City High other team.
School and are members of a
Another way to change play
small Frisbee club.
is if the opposing team inter­
“It was started a few years cepts the Frisbee while it is in
ago by someone, and we kind the air.
of joined it,” said memj^r
Some of the players toss the
Kyle Steele
disc with their own patented
throwing techniques to move
the disc down the field to their
teammates. Others experiment
with different moves and play
to develop their own personal
style.
Club activities include more
than simply games; the group
must also prepare for upcom­
ing PUFFY (Portland Ultimate
Frisbee Federation for Youth)
tournaments. Members run, as
well as do pushups and sit-ups
after they miss catching the
disc.
It is a structured workout ing,” said Carl Reeder, another
that onlookers would likely member of the club.
expect to see during football
The Frisbee kids - or the
or basketball practices.
Oregon City High School
“I saw them playing one Frisbee club - have been
day, and I just started play­ welcomed by many around
Halloween costumes on campus
TOP LEFT: Staff
member Rose
Lefebvre dressed
as the landlord’s
wife from the
old television
show Three’s
Company.
BOTTOM LEFT:
Student Kyle
Feuchtwanger
chases friend
Stephen Beyer
on campus, both
dressed
as
pirates
for Hal­
loween.
All photos by
Mistymarie
Wilks-
Salguero
Clackamas
Print
ABOVE: Student Aleia Adams poses
outside the Community Center.
She dressed as a school girl for
Halloween.
Clackamas, and they currei
have no plans of leaving,
skies of the Barlow park
lot will have to deal wit
little more traffic for a w
longer.